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Public Service Co of Colorado — power plant portfolio

Public Service Co of Colorado operates 19 power plants across 2 countries, with a combined installed capacity of 7,057 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 10,441,413 t CO₂/yr.

19power plants
7,057MW total capacity
2countries
10,441,413t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Gas: 9 plants9GasHydro: 5 plants5HydroCoal: 3 plants3CoalSolar: 1 plants1SolarWind: 1 plants1Wind

Fleet interpretation

Public Service Co of Colorado is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 2 countries; the largest concentration is United States of America (19), United States (0).

The fuel mix by asset count is gas (9), hydro (5), coal (3), solar (1). The largest listed asset is Comanche (CO) in United States of America (1,635 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 376 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 6 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 3 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 19 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Comanche (CO)CoalUnited States of America1,6356,991,406
Fort St VrainGasUnited States of America1,1481,673,244
CherokeeGasUnited States of America1,0061,514,357
Rocky Mountain Energy CenterGasUnited States of America685
Rush Creek WindWindUnited States of America600
PawneeCoalUnited States of America552
HaydenCoalUnited States of America447
Blue Spruce Energy CenterGasUnited States of America398
Cabin CreekHydroUnited States of America300
ZuniGasUnited States of America115
Fort LuptonGasUnited States of America100146,450
ValmontGasUnited States of America59
AlamosaGasUnited States of America5377,303
FruitaGasUnited States of America2738,653
Shoshone (CO)HydroUnited States of America14
TacomaHydroUnited States of America5
Ames HydroHydroUnited States of America4
Panasonic Carport Solar HybridSolarUnited States of America2
Georgetown HydroHydroUnited States of America1

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Public Service Co of Colorado operate?

Public Service Co of Colorado operates 19 power plants across 2 countries, with about 7,057 MW of total capacity.

What is Public Service Co of Colorado's largest power plant?

Comanche (CO) in United States of America is its largest at about 1,635 MW.

What types of power plants does Public Service Co of Colorado run?

Its fleet is mostly gas (9), hydro (5), coal (3).

How much CO₂ do Public Service Co of Colorado's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 10,441,413 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology